Westminster standards

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As Westminster Standards a number is called theological documents written and in the years 1643-1649 of the Westminster Assembly were adopted. The Westminster Standards include the Westminster Confession of Faith , the Westminster Larger Catechism (a large catechism), the Westminster Shorter Catechism (a small catechism), the Westminster Directory of Public Worship (a general order of worship, also known as the Directory of Public Worship) as well as the Form of Presbyterian Church Government . Writings of the Westminster Standards are still valid today as the central confessional writings of Presbyterian churches.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Randall Herbert Balmer: Westminster Standards . In: Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism . Baylor University Press, Waco 2004, ISBN 1-932792-04-X , pp. 729 (English).

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